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Motorcycle parking on pavement?

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  • 16-08-2009 8:59pm
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    otto h
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭


    Is it legal to park a motorcycle on the pavement, i.e. to lock it around the base of a street lamp or similar?


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    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users Posts: 24,960 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    otto h wrote: »
    Is it legal to park a motorcycle on the pavement, i.e. to lock it around the base of a street lamp or similar?
    It's illegal to park any vehicle on a footpath (with a few exceptions).


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    Bluefoam
    Registered Users Posts: 7,717 ✭✭✭Bluefoam


    once it does not obstruct the footpath - if it does you can get a ticket.

    Best place to park is on the glass blocks outside buildings as these are technically the property of the building owner & you cannot get ticketed...


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    galwaytt
    Registered Users Posts: 12,761 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    technically, probably not.

    ...if you're in Dublin, they'll probably make a big deal about it.........if you're anywhere else, probably not.........if you don't block the path, or interfere with passing people, you should be ok.

    Sorry to not be more definitive....

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    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users Posts: 24,960 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    Bluefoam wrote: »
    once it does not obstruct the footpath - if it does you can get a ticket
    It's illegal regardless of whether it obstructs pedestrians or not. Getting a ticket is a different matter and at the discretion of the Gardai/Parking Warden.


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    Bluefoam
    Registered Users Posts: 7,717 ✭✭✭Bluefoam


    go to the mag ireland site the have some good info


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    otto h
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭otto h


    You got a URL for that? I can find MAG Ireland, but not anything on pavement parking. Thanks.


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    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users Posts: 24,960 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    Here's the official version from SI 182/1997 if it's any good to you.
    36. (1) Save as otherwise provided for in these Regulations and subject to article 5, a vehicle shall not be parked on a public road at a location, in a manner or for a purpose referred to in this article.

    (2) A vehicle shall not be parked—

    ( a ) on that side of a section of roadway along the edge of which traffic sign number RRM 008 [double yellow lines] has been provided;

    ( b ) on a section of roadway where traffic sign number RUS 019 [No Parking sign] has been provided, during the period indicated on the information plate accompanying such traffic sign;

    ( c ) within 5 metres of a road junction;

    ( d ) on a section of roadway with less than 3 traffic lanes and where traffic sign number RRM 001 [continuous white line] has been provided;

    ( e ) on a section of roadway where traffic sign number RUS 020, in association with RRM 029 [appointed stand], has been placed to indicate that an appointed stand has been provided;

    ( f ) in any place, position or manner that will result in the vehicle obstructing, delaying or interfering with the entrance to or exit from a fire brigade station, an ambulance station or a Garda station;

    ( g ) in any place, position or manner that will result in the vehicle obstructing an entrance or an exit for vehicles to or from a premises, save with the consent of the occupier of such premises;

    ( h ) within 15 metres (on the approach side) or 5 metres (on the side other than the approach side) of a section of roadway where any of the following traffic signs have been provided—

    (i) traffic sign number RPC 001 [Pedestrian Crossing];

    (ii) traffic sign number RPC 002 [Pedestrian Crossing Complex]; or

    (iii) traffic sign numbers RTS 00I, RTS 002, RTS 003 or RTS 004 [traffic lights];

    ( i ) on a footway, a grass margin or a median strip;

    ( j ) on a part of a roadway which is a casual trading area, during hours of trading, unless the vehicle is for the time being in use for the purposes of casual trading;

    ( k ) in a manner in which it will interfere with the normal flow of traffic or which obstructs or endangers other traffic;

    ( l ) where traffic sign RUS 031 [bus stop] or RRM 030 [stopping place or stand] has been provided unless the vehicle is an omnibus.


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    The Doktor
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    Since its illegal to park a motorbike anywhere in dublin, I always park on the footpath and lock it to somthing, just dont block it.
    I dont know of any designated parking areas for bikes ...could be wrong though.


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    seanybiker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,898 ✭✭✭✭seanybiker


    otto h wrote: »
    You got a URL for that? I can find MAG Ireland, but not anything on pavement parking. Thanks.
    MAG is the biggest waste of biker money ever. They do shag all. And yes I do know reps or whatever ya wanna call them. MAG . Lol im sorry
    but I wouldnt bet on them doing anything.


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